| Description |
ix, 246 pages ; 22 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 222-235) and index. |
| Contents |
There will never be a "very special" Buffy: symbol and language -- Pain as bright as steel: mythic striving and light as pain -- I think I can name myself: naming and identity in Buffy the vampire slayer -- When Harry met Buffy: Buffy Summers, Harry Potter, and heroism -- Every night I save you: Buffy, Spike, sex, and redemption -- Show me your world: exiting the text and the globalization of Buffy -- Love and loss, it's not over: time, love, and loss in "Surprise"/"Innocence" -- Laughter, for those of us in our audience who are me: Xander, laughter, and the "The Zeppo" -- Fear, the princess screamed once: power, silence, and fear in "Hush" -- Poetry, T.S. Eliot comes to television: "Restless" -- Death, they're going to find a body: quality television and the supernatural in the "The body" -- Song, singing and dancing and burning and dying: once more, with textual feeling. |
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1. There will never be a "very special" Buffy : symbol and language -- 2. Pain as bright as steel : mythic striving and light as pain -- 3. I think I can name myself : naming and identity in Buffy the vampire slayer -- 4. When Harry met Buffy : Buffy Summers, Harry Potter, and heroism -- 5. Every night I save you : Buffy, Spike, sex, and redemption -- 6. Show me your world : exiting the text and the globalization of Buffy -- 7. Love and loss, it's not over : time, love, and loss in "Surprise"/"Innocence" -- 8. Laughter, for those of us in the audience who are me : Xander, laughter, and the "The Zeppo" -- 9. Fear, the princess screamed once : power, silence, and fear in "Hush" -- 10. Poetry, T.S. Eliot comes to television : "Restless" -- 11. Death, they're going to find a body : quality television and the supernatural in the "The body" -- 12. Song, singing and dancing and burning and dying : once more, with textual feeling. |
| Subject |
Whedon, Joss, 1964- -- Radio and television plays -- History and criticism.
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Whedon, Joss, 1964- |
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Buffy, the vampire slayer (Television program) -- History and criticism.
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Buffy, the vampire slayer (Television program) |
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Buffy, the Vampire Slayer (Fictitious character)
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Buffy, the Vampire Slayer (Fictitious character) |
| ISBN |
1845110218 hardback |
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1845110293 paperback |
| Standard No. |
9781845110215 |
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9781845110291 |
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